Most recently known for her brilliance on the NBC Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler has been announced as the recipient of the Comedy Person of the Year prize at this year’s Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. The prize is well deserved for one of the most talent and versatile females in the industry. Since her start on the Upright Citizens Brigade and then her more...
Throughout a span of six years, veteran comedian and actress Suzanne Whang had cancer three separate times. During those ordeals, however, she never stopped performing onstage and would often personify her stage-four cancer, making it the butt of jokes. And this week, she’s done it again, albeit in a much different fashion. Whang, who can be seen on the new season of more...
Color us excited! Conan O'Brien will be guest starring on next season's Family Guy. O'Brien, who's already done voice cameos on Robot Chicken and The Simpsons, will be playing himself. When Peter and Quagmire discover their talents they form the vocal duo "Griffin and Quagmire" and make an appearance on his show. Unsurprisingly, chaos ensues. O'Brien's role seems an apt more...
Judy Greer, your favorite perennial guest star and sidekick, has been cast in Andrew Gurland's new half-hour FX pilot about an unaroused but otherwise contented wife who allows her husband to sleep with other women in order to relieve herself of her "marital" obligations. The untitled series also features Nat Faxon (Ben of Ben and Kate) and is Greer's second show on FX more...
Comedian Maria Bamford’s lunacy and mastery of awkwardly disgusted facial expressions has looped itself on the silver-silver screen this past week. Coming off the tailspin of a brilliant drug-addled performance in the new season of Arrested Development (alright, the comments section isn’t for your feelings on the new season, but if you can’t contain your hatred or more...
Now the story of a large corporation that doesn't know when to let go...The fourth season of Arrested Development, which has only been online since Sunday, may get a fifth season. In an interview with CNBC, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said he would bring back the show if all parties are interested and willing. Even with the company's six percent stock decrease this week, more...
Jesus, everyone. Is anyone else sitting on their couch right now in shock that we actually have fifteen new episodes of Arrested Development waiting for us to pore over? In case you’re one of the few folks who didn't binge on the entirety of season 4 today -- as I write this, it's Sunday -- I have for you a recap of the first five episodes. A quick word before we get more...
Netflix is living by the motto, "there's always money in the banana stand." At least, that's what they hope by gearing up for the release of the fourth season of Arrested Development. The Bluth family is back for more. The first run of Arrested Development aired on Fox during 2003 to 2006. During that time, it didn't get a lot of attention from Fox viewers, although it more...
After eight years and the creation of what seems like an endless list of characters Bill Hader will be leaving Saturday Night Live. This weekend's season finale will be his last episode. "It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point. It got to a point where I said, ‘Maybe it’s just time to go,’” he told The New York Times. Hader's departure comes one more...
